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The political forces have made it clear this Friday to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, that there could be a majority of the Government that follows the current one.

"But this majority must be verified, I will take the initiative,"

said the head of state from the Quirinal at the end of the third and last day of consultations to seek a solution to the crisis of the Government opened two weeks ago.

Therefore, Mattarella has entrusted the president of the Chamber of Deputies,

Roberto Fico, with

an "exploratory mandate" to verify if the conditions are really there to return to the outgoing majority.

Matteo Renzi's position for the future of Italy is once again decisive.

The first goal of the leader of Italia Viva is a new political government, preferably not led by Giuseppe Conte, who presented his resignation on Tuesday.

Renzi did not veto his name, but asked Mattarella not to entrust him with the task in this first phase: "We are not yet available for a mandate to Conte."

Without their support, the accounts do not come out because Conte has not found senators willing to support him and in Palazzo Madama, without Italia Viva, he is seven votes short of reaching an absolute majority of 161.

However, upon leaving the meeting with the president, Renzi spoke for 27 minutes in front of the cameras and said that they are "prepared to support an institutional government or a political one; we prefer the latter, but we

need to know if they want to be with us

. They have to deal with us. "

In addition, he revealed that he had a conversation with Conte before going to the Quirinal, in which he told him that his

is not a fight for "personal reasons."

In summary, Renzi still seems willing to return to support the government coalition that he himself broke two weeks ago, but first he would ask for an ambitious program and that his former partners tell them if they want to count on them.

Meanwhile, yesterday it was leaked that he would support the exploratory commission of

Roberto Fico,

of the Five Star Movement (M5E).

The undersecretary of the Democratic Party,

Andrea Orlando

, responded with some ambiguity: "To resume the majority with Renzi

we must understand whether he vetoes Conte or not

. That is, if what he said in the Quirinal is true or if what he said more is true. late to the press. The last word has, of course, Mattarella. "

Mattarella's options

The consultations have been made

under strict security protocols against the coronavirus

, in which Mattarella, 79, was protected by methacrylate screens.

His last meeting this afternoon was with the biggest party in the hemicycle, the M5E.

The party's leader,

Vito Crimi

, expressed to the President of the Republic his "willingness to discuss with those who want to give concrete answers to the country's needs."

Also opening up to Italia Viva.

Crimi confirmed that Conte is the person they ask to entrust to the new Executive.

The exploratory mandate was the hypothesis that seemed most likely: that the head of state would point out an institutional figure, such as the Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese or Roberto Fico, who is part of the M5S and therefore of the majority, to verify whether the Movement , the Democratic Party, LeU and Italia Viva can and want to have a new experience of government together, which could also be chaired by Conte.

Conte has had the support of the Democratic Party (PD, center-left) and Free and Equal (LeU, left), in addition to the new party of "Europeists" born on purpose to support this Executive, which yesterday went to Mattarella.

"We express the will to support President Conte, who even in the last vote of confidence turned out to be a meeting point and balance," said the general secretary of the PD,

Nicola Zingaretti

, at the end of the consultations.

"The Democratic Party supports outgoing President Giuseppe Conte to form a government that can count on a broad and solid parliamentary base, which follows in the wake of the European tradition, capable of facing the emergencies of the pandemic and carrying out capable institutional reforms to restart the country, "Zingaretti added.

The far right calls for elections

Meanwhile, the right-wing parties have come together in their refusal to Conte against Mattarella, with the leaders of the League,

Matteo Salvini

and the Brothers of Italy,

Giorgia Meloni

, together with the vice president of Forza Italia,

Antonio Tajani.

However, Efe reported, in the last few hours some nuances have emerged between them, since the conservative Forza Italia has shown itself available to a government of national unity, while for the far-right Meloni

the only way out of this situation is elections.

For his part, the sovereignist Salvini opened himself up to a possible unity government, but on the condition that the main actors are the parties of the right.

Former Italian Prime Minister

Silvio Berlusconi

was today the great absentee in the round of consultations because his recent heart problems have forced him to rest completely.

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